Summary

This page contains information from the 'Ecologists' Guide to the Animal Model' published by the Journal of Animal Ecology. If you are new to animal models, we recommend that you read the paper and work through some of the tutorials using the sample data provided.

MCMCglmm

To do the tutorials in MCMCglmm you will need

R with the MCMCglmm package installed

The updated pdf of the MCMCglmm tutorial* This is slightly modified from the version originally presented with the JAE paper.
* The original suggested prior specifications that could be problematic in some instances
* and this version should be used instead.